7/14/2010 @ 3:00PM

Scorecard: The Fastest Corporate Downfalls

The 10 Fastest Corporate Downfalls

As the stock market continues to gyrate, the IPO market is finally showing some signs of life. Public offerings can transform promising yet modest companies into marquee names. Or an IPO can also signal the beginning of the end. Here are 10 companies that raised the most money on their IPOs only to then fall into bankruptcy in less than a decade.